latter-day

adjective

lat·​ter-day ˈla-tər-ˌdā How to pronounce latter-day (audio)
1
: of present or recent times
latter-day prophets
2
: of a later or subsequent time

Examples of latter-day in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Ever since his soldiers began attacking and boarding commercial ships in the Red Sea in November—ostensibly in defense of Palestine—he has been treated like a latter-day Che Guevara, his portrait and speeches shared on social media across five continents. Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 5 Mar. 2024 During the Reagan era, the lobbyist Paul Manafort—who would go on to be Trump’s 2016 campaign chairman—made a fantastically lucrative living by trying to bolster the image of autocrats as latter-day incarnations of Thomas Jefferson. Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 1 Mar. 2024 The tales of their genesis constitute latter-day Greek myths whose gods have bold-faced names like Onassis and Niarchos. Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 14 Feb. 2024 The couple’s 5-year-old son, Prince Louis, has become a latter-day version of a young Harry, squirming and making faces at solemn occasions. Mark Landler, New York Times, 7 Feb. 2024 Andrew Cunningham The Apple Silicon MacBook Pro adds ports that latter-day Intel models got rid of, including MagSafe. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 6 Nov. 2023 Apple Compared to latter-day Intel MacBook Pros, the design has more rounded corners but a slightly chunkier and heavier frame. Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica, 30 Oct. 2023 In effect, those dolts have allied themselves with Hamas, a terrorist military cabal hell-bent on a latter-day holocaust. Noah Rothman, National Review, 26 Oct. 2023 His biggest latter-day singles were collaborations that found success on the country singles charts. Chris Morris, Variety, 2 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1832, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of latter-day was in 1832

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“Latter-day.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/latter-day. Accessed 18 Mar. 2024.

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